| Facilitating Logicomathematical Knowledge with Infants and Toddlers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Behavior/Activity | Concept(s) | Teacher Strategies |
| Sorting objects | Discerning similarities and differences among objects | Offer a wide variety of toys in different shapes, colors, etc., such as large colored beads with containers or compartmentalized trays for sorting. |
| Shaking, striking, beating instruments | Counting beats and rhythm | Provide objects that make sounds and help children to use in different ways; count out rhythms during use. |
| Nesting objects | Comparing relative size | Use “comparing” words that describe what they are doing (such as big, bigger, biggest). |
| Putting toys away | Matching | Provide picture or shape labels on containers so children can match an item they are holding with the corresponding picture on a storage container. |
| Crawling, finding places to sit/hide | Spatial relationships | Set up a collapsible tunnel, large cardboard boxes, or stack of mats or pillows to climb on. |
| Filling/pouring | Conservation | Set up a sand/water table with containers, funnels, etc., of various sizes. |
| Stringing beads | Patterns, shapes | Point out and name patterns. |